Betty and Me #188

Cheerleader tryouts are in full swing on Dan DeCarlo's cover for this January 1991 installment of Betty and Me, where a dark-haired cheerleader soars through the air mid-routine while Betty — already in her Riverdale uniform and pom-poms — shares a warm moment with a grinning Archie nearby. A judge with a clipboard looks on, and Betty's speech-bubble confession about her real best routine (getting Archie away from Veronica) gives the whole scene a perfectly charming, self-aware sense of humor. With Frank Doyle scripting and Dan Parent on interior art, this is classic Riverdale fun at its lighthearted best.